Inform, don’t sell. A blog can be a great business tool. But if all you do is sell you won’t get many people to read it. Inform your audience about your products and services, but do it in a way that teaches something. Give them useful information that they can take action on, but leave …
Success does not happen by chance, it takes planning. It doesn’t matter if that success is in business, relationships, career, or your life in general. But planning for success is not as difficult as it seems. There are five basic steps to plan for a successful life: Determine why you want to do it. What …
Developing a strong relationship with your immediate manager is important but remember: Managers are not looking for friends; they are looking for employees they can trust. Your immediate manager has your future with that company in their hands, but you are also a part of their future. You are there not only to do your …
Branding is essential to any business. The top three things an entrepreneur should know about branding are: Be consistent. If you have a logo, put it on everything you do. Your logo should be on your web site, your business cards, brochures, and your underwear. If you don’t dream about your logo when you sleep, …
Writing is fun and exciting. Everybody has a story to tell and there is a great deal of enjoyment in seeing it come to life on the page, unless the ideas in your mind don’t translate to paper. Sometimes it feels like the words are stuck in your throat and you look at a blank …
According to Forbes magazine, the number 3 reason people leave a job (even when they like it) is because of a vague vision. Develop a strategic vision. Don’t make your vision like a wisp of cloud; make a defined, precise strategic vision for your company. Don’t plan on 200% growth in the next 30 days. …
Building trust can be a long and strenuous journey for a manager; and that trust can be shattered quickly. The quickest way to shatter trust is to work against the best interest of those a person manages. And there are two big signs that will say if employees don’t trust a manager. Employee satisfaction. Are …
The Best Way to Effectively Utilize Email Marketing without becoming a spam agent is to only send marketing emails when you have something important to say. If a company sends out marketing emails for no other reason than it’s been two weeks, and the information contained in the email is all fluff, people will start …
Even though this amazing woman is an obvious extrovert, what she says can work for introverts also. Watch her video on YouTube here. I like how she explains how to change the conversation.
Statistics can be skewed Inc. Magazine recently published an article about note taking. The basis of the article was a research paper that concluded note taking on computer was not as good as note taking on paper for recall purposes. There have been several studies about this lately. Other research studies show that, although taking …